diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 39c040d..f17bcae 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile
 		 helper/Makefile
 		 helper/test/Makefile
 		 pkgconfig/libodp-linux.pc
-		 pkgconfig/libodphelper-linux.pc
+		 pkgconfig/libodphelper.pc
 		 ])
 
 AC_SEARCH_LIBS([timer_create],[rt posix4])
diff --git a/example/Makefile.inc b/example/Makefile.inc
index 19d3994..70e3758 100644
--- a/example/Makefile.inc
+++ b/example/Makefile.inc
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 include $(top_srcdir)/platform/@with_platform@/Makefile.inc
 LIB   = $(top_builddir)/lib
-LDADD = $(LIB)/libodp-linux.la $(LIB)/libodphelper-linux.la
+LDADD = $(LIB)/libodp-linux.la $(LIB)/libodphelper.la
 AM_CFLAGS += \
 	-I$(srcdir) \
 	-I$(top_srcdir)/example \
diff --git a/helper/Makefile.am b/helper/Makefile.am
index 3805c45..0baef44 100644
--- a/helper/Makefile.am
+++ b/helper/Makefile.am
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 include $(top_srcdir)/platform/@with_platform@/Makefile.inc
 
 pkgconfigdir = $(libdir)/pkgconfig
-pkgconfig_DATA = $(top_builddir)/pkgconfig/libodphelper-linux.pc
+pkgconfig_DATA = $(top_builddir)/pkgconfig/libodphelper.pc
 
 LIB   = $(top_builddir)/lib
 AM_CFLAGS  = -I$(srcdir)/include
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ noinst_HEADERS = \
 		 $(srcdir)/odph_lineartable.h \
 		 $(srcdir)/odph_list_internal.h
 
-__LIB__libodphelper_linux_la_SOURCES = \
+__LIB__libodphelper_la_SOURCES = \
 					eth.c \
 					ip.c \
 					chksum.c \
@@ -39,4 +39,4 @@ __LIB__libodphelper_linux_la_SOURCES = \
 					hashtable.c \
 					lineartable.c
 
-lib_LTLIBRARIES = $(LIB)/libodphelper-linux.la
+lib_LTLIBRARIES = $(LIB)/libodphelper.la
diff --git a/helper/test/Makefile.am b/helper/test/Makefile.am
index 361e45d..e7aada1 100644
--- a/helper/test/Makefile.am
+++ b/helper/test/Makefile.am
@@ -26,6 +26,6 @@ EXTRA_DIST = odpthreads_as_processes odpthreads_as_pthreads
 
 dist_chksum_SOURCES = chksum.c
 dist_odpthreads_SOURCES = odpthreads.c
-odpthreads_LDADD = $(LIB)/libodphelper-linux.la $(LIB)/libodp-linux.la
+odpthreads_LDADD = $(LIB)/libodphelper.la $(LIB)/libodp-linux.la
 dist_parse_SOURCES = parse.c
 dist_table_SOURCES = table.c
diff --git a/pkgconfig/libodphelper-linux.pc.in b/pkgconfig/libodphelper.pc.in
similarity index 77%
rename from pkgconfig/libodphelper-linux.pc.in
rename to pkgconfig/libodphelper.pc.in
index 3987f4c..b14335e 100644
--- a/pkgconfig/libodphelper-linux.pc.in
+++ b/pkgconfig/libodphelper.pc.in
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ exec_prefix=@exec_prefix@
 libdir=@libdir@
 includedir=@includedir@
 
-Name: libodphelper-linux
+Name: libodphelper
 Description: Helper for the ODP packet processing engine
 Version: @PKGCONFIG_VERSION@
-Libs: -L${libdir} -lodphelper-linux
+Libs: -L${libdir} -lodphelper
 Libs.private:
 Cflags: -I${includedir}
diff --git a/test/Makefile.inc b/test/Makefile.inc
index 1ebc047..1ad5d3a 100644
--- a/test/Makefile.inc
+++ b/test/Makefile.inc
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ LIB   = $(top_builddir)/lib
 #in the following line, the libs using the symbols should come before
 #the libs containing them! The includer is given a chance to add things
 #before libodp by setting PRE_LDADD before the inclusion.
-LDADD = $(PRE_LDADD) $(LIB)/libodphelper-linux.la $(LIB)/libodp-linux.la
+LDADD = $(PRE_LDADD) $(LIB)/libodphelper.la $(LIB)/libodp-linux.la
 
 INCFLAGS = \
 	-I$(top_builddir)/platform/@with_platform@/include \
diff --git a/test/common_plat/validation/api/Makefile.inc b/test/common_plat/validation/api/Makefile.inc
index ffba620..dda18ad 100644
--- a/test/common_plat/validation/api/Makefile.inc
+++ b/test/common_plat/validation/api/Makefile.inc
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@ AM_LDFLAGS += -static
 LIBCUNIT_COMMON = $(COMMON_DIR)/libcunit_common.la
 LIBCPUMASK_COMMON = $(COMMON_DIR)/libcpumask_common.la
 LIBTHRMASK_COMMON = $(COMMON_DIR)/libthrmask_common.la
-LIBODP = $(LIB)/libodphelper-linux.la $(LIB)/libodp-linux.la
+LIBODP = $(LIB)/libodphelper.la $(LIB)/libodp-linux.la
diff --git a/test/linux-generic/Makefile.inc b/test/linux-generic/Makefile.inc
index 36745fe..4b88b43 100644
--- a/test/linux-generic/Makefile.inc
+++ b/test/linux-generic/Makefile.inc
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ AM_LDFLAGS += -static
 
 LIBCUNIT_COMMON = $(top_builddir)/test/common_plat/common/libcunit_common.la
 LIB   = $(top_builddir)/lib
-LIBODP = $(LIB)/libodphelper-linux.la $(LIB)/libodp-linux.la
+LIBODP = $(LIB)/libodphelper.la $(LIB)/libodp-linux.la
 
 INCCUNIT_COMMON = -I$(top_srcdir)/test/common_plat/common
 INCODP =  \
